Heavy Snow, Mason
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM EST to December 25, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.956, -86.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2000
An Alberta Clipper moved across upper Michigan during the overnight hours of the 23rd, producing light snow out ahead of it. After it passed by, lake effect snow developed once again.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
An Alberta Clipper moved across upper Michigan during the overnight hours of the 23rd, producing light snow out ahead of it. After it passed by, lake effect snow developed once again. 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across most of Mason, Oceana, Allegan and Van Buren counties. There were a few isolated reports of even more snow, with a maximum snowfall of 10 inches reported in Ludington (Mason county). 3 to as much as 6 inches of snow fell across Lake, Newaygo, Osceola, Mecosta, Montcalm, Kent, Ionia, western Barry, and western Kalamazoo counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Oceana
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM EST to December 25, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Oceana forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.682, -86.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Allegan
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM EST to December 25, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Allegan forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.518, -85.910 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Van Buren
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM EST to December 25, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -86.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in Guam, December 23, 2000
- High Surf in California, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5168703, 5168704, 5168705, 5168706.